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Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

Index Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)

The Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2600 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival in early November. [1]

36 relations: Ajax II, Amounis, Australia, Australian dollar, Eurythmic (horse), Even Stevens (horse), Flat racing, Flemington Racecourse, Galilee (horse), Group races, Handicapping, High Caste, Horse racing, Hyperno, Kennaquhair (horse), Leilani (horse), List of Australian Group races, Maiden race, Makybe Diva, Melbourne, Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Might and Power, Phar Lap, Rain Lover, Randwick Racecourse, Redcraze, Rising Fast, Rogilla, Sailor's Guide, Sydney, Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred racing in Australia, Tie (draw), Victoria Racing Club, VRC Stakes day, Wakeful (horse).

Ajax II

Ajax was a champion Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won 18 consecutive races before he was defeated at the odds of 40/1 on, causing a huge racing sensation.

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Amounis

Amounis was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including its external territories Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Eurythmic (horse)

Eurythmic was a versatile Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who had the ability to produce a brilliant finishing run in staying races and he also won important sprint races, too.

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Even Stevens (horse)

Even Stevens (1957–1975) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won both the Caulfield and Melbourne cups in Australia in 1962.

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Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of horse racing which is run on a level racecourse.

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Flemington Racecourse

Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Galilee (horse)

Galilee (foaled 1963) was New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse who became one of the most successful racehorses in Australia.

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Group races

Group races, also known as Pattern races, or Graded races in some jurisdictions, are the highest level of races in Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Handicapping

Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning.

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High Caste

High Caste was a Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion that was bred in New Zealand and was considered the best two-year-old in New Zealand after winning three of his four race starts.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Hyperno

Hyperno (1973–2002) was a Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in New Zealand.

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Kennaquhair (horse)

Kennaquhair was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Sydney Cup (in record time), and the AJC Metropolitan Handicap as well as finishing second in the 1918 Melbourne Cup.

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Leilani (horse)

Leilani was a champion Thoroughbred racemare that was bred in New Zealand and raced in Australia.

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List of Australian Group races

This List of Australian Group races are recognized as a list Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races.

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Maiden race

In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race.

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Makybe Diva

Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who became the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup on three consecutive occasions (2003, 2004, and 2005).

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival

The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival is the name of an Australian Thoroughbred horse racing series held annually in Melbourne during October and November.

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Might and Power

Might and Power (foaled 1993) is a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999.

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Phar Lap

Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the Australian public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression.

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Rain Lover

Rain Lover (1964-1989) was a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse best remembered for their back-to-back wins in the 1968 and 1969 VRC Melbourne Cup.

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Randwick Racecourse

Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.

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Redcraze

Redcraze (born 1950) was a champion New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who raced both in Australia and New Zealand, winning major races in both countries.

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Rising Fast

Rising Fast (foaled 1949, died 1978) was an outstanding New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Rogilla

Rogilla, was a chestnut Australian Thoroughbred gelding, who was a versatile racehorse performing in Australia. Known as the Coalfields Champion from Newcastle, Rogilla raced during a vintage era of the Australian turf. He won in each of the six seasons that he raced as a three-year-old to an eight-year-old. Rogilla was an outstanding galloper in Sydney and Melbourne on wet or dry tracks recording 26 wins from 4½ furlongs to 2 miles with regular jockey Darby Munro winning 16 races.

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Sailor's Guide

Sailor's Guide was an outstanding Thoroughbred racehorse that was conceived in England and foaled in Australia.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing.

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Thoroughbred racing in Australia

Thoroughbred horse racing is an important spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).

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Tie (draw)

A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive.

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Victoria Racing Club

The Victoria Racing Club was founded in 1864.

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VRC Stakes day

The VRC Stakes day (also known as the Emirates Stakes day), is the final day of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Racecourse.

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Wakeful (horse)

Wakeful was one of the great Thoroughbred mares of the Australian turf.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Stakes_(VRC)

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